O le uso species striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum) ma western striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma trivittatum) o mea taua ia o faʻatoʻaga i le aiga o Cucurbitaceae, e aofia ai squash, gourds, kukama, ma meleni. E tele na ola le pili i Amerika, Kanata ma Mexico. O le faʻaleagaina e mafai ona fasiotia ai laʻau, puipuia le setiina o fualaʻau, faʻasolo atu pathogens, ma avea fua e le faʻailogaina.
O tagata matutua beetles e taʻutaʻua atamamai i le vave mauaina ma faʻaputuputuina a latou mea toto e fiafia e fafaga. E faʻatutu e tamaʻitaʻi fuamoa i lalo o laʻau o cucurbit i lalo ifo o le palapala. A uma ona fofoa, 'ai e larvae i aʻa, pupate i le palapala, ma tulaʻi mai o le isi augatupulaga o tagata matutua.
E masani ona faʻaaoga e le au fai togalaʻau ni iniseti vailaʻau (organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, ma neonicotinoids) e faʻatonutonu ai pi kukama. Ae ui i lea, o nei vailaʻau mafai ona le toe aoga i le aluga o taimi aʻo faʻaputuputu le faitau aofai o tagata tuputupu aʻe teteʻe. E le gata i lea, e ono afaina ai foʻi latou i iniseti aoga e leʻo faʻamoemoe iai, e aofia ai ma pi o le sosi, faʻamaʻa, ma pi meli faʻataʻitaʻia e faʻaleagaina ai fualaʻau. Filifiliga faʻatonutonu filifiliga (kaolin omea, pyrethrins, ma spinosyns) faʻaalia le feteʻenaʻi ma masani ona faʻatapulaʻa aoga. Faʻatonutonu gafataulimaina o kukama nila i luga o cucurbit fualaʻau o lea e tatau ona tuʻufaʻatasia isi faiga faʻatonutonu.
Lenei suʻesuʻega iloiloina le biology, olaga laʻasaga, faʻaleagaina, ma le taimi nei ma ono mafai metotia mo le faʻatautaia o nei taua cucurbit faʻalavelave.
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Upusii: Ariela I Haber, Anna K Wallingford, Ian M Grettenberger, Jasmin P Ramirez Bonilla, Amber C Vinchesi-Vahl, Donald C Weber, Striped cucumber Beetle ma Western Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Journal of Integrated Pest Management, Volume 12, Lomiga 1, 2021, 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmaa026.